Meaning
kick; soccer
- soccer, football
- kick
- calcium
- butt, stock (of a gun)
In a sentence
Mi ha dato un calcio sotto il tavolo.
He gave me a kick under the table.
Hai visto la partita di calcio ieri sera?
Did you watch the soccer match last night?
Gioco a calcio con i miei amici.
I play soccer with my friends.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| calcio | masculine · singular |
| calci | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- For the sport, Italians say calcio, not football. Football in Italian usually means American football.
- To say someone plays soccer, use giocare a calcio, not giocare calcio.
- For a physical kick, calcio is countable: un calcio, due calci. It often appears in phrases like dare un calcio.